1942–43 Nationalliga

Swiss football season Nationalliga 1942–43 Grasshopper Club (12th title) Nordstern Basel Lauro Amadò (GC)31 goals 6 September 1942 –20 June 1943 182 630 1941–42 1943–44 The following is the summary of the Swiss National League in the 1942–43 football season. This was the 46th season of top-tier football in Switzerland. Overview Preamble In Switzerland during the second world war, sport became an integral part of the "spiritual national defense". This was a political and cultural movement that had already become increasingly important during the late 1930s. Politicians, intellectuals and media professionals had increasingly called for measures to strengthen Switzerland's basic cultural values. Since the Nationalliga games were also considered to be one of the activities that seemed important for maintaining the morale of the population, the military authorities put considerably fewer obstacles in the way of the top players as they had during the previous World War. Christian Koller 2009 https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/7144/10/Koller_Kriegsmeisterschaften.pdf Vierzigerjahre (1940 bis 1949): Die Kriegsmeisterschaften Forties (1940 to 1949): The War Championships Zurich Open Repository and Archive de-ch 2024-11-16 Format The Swiss Football Association (ASF/SFV) had 14 member clubs in the top-tier at this time and the second-tier had 25 members, which were divided into two regional groups. The 14 top-tier teams played a double round-robin to decide their league table positions. Two points were awarded for a win and one point was awarded for a draw, the defeat was not awarded points. The Nationalliga was contested by the top 13 teams from the 1941–42 Nationalliga and the newly promoted, 1. Liga champions, Basel. The first placed team at the end of the season would become Swiss champions and the last placed team would be relegated to the 1943–44 1. Liga. Erste Liga (SFV) 2022 https://www.el-pl.ch/Portaldata/3/Resources/statistiken/Statistik-Auf-Absteiger-bis_heute_19.12.22.pdf Statistik der Ersten Liga über Aufstieg und Abstieg ab Saison 1931/32 bis 2022 PDF page 1 First League statistics on promotion and relegation from the 1931/32 season to 2022 Erste Liga, Abteilung des SFV de 2024-11-16 Nationalliga Teams, locations Team Based in Canton Stadium Capacity FC Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Landhof FC Biel-Bienne Biel/Bienne Bern Stadion Gurzelen FC Cantonal Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Neuchâtel Stade de la Maladière Grasshopper Club Zürich Zürich Zürich Hardturm FC Grenchen Grenchen Solothurn Stadium Brühl FC Lausanne-Sport Lausanne Vaud Pontaise FC Lugano Lugano Ticino Cornaredo Stadium FC Luzern Lucerne Lucerne Stadion Allmend FC Nordstern Basel Basel Basel-Stadt Rankhof Servette FC Geneva Geneva Stade des Charmilles FC St. Gallen St. Gallen St. Gallen Espenmoos BSC Young Boys Bern Bern Wankdorf Stadium FC Young Fellows Zürich Zürich Utogrund FC Zürich Zürich Zürich Letzigrund Final league table main WDL QR league 5 2 GCZ Grasshopper Club LUG Lugano LS Lausanne-Sport YB Young Boys (red) BSC Young Boys AG 2024 https://www.bscyb.ch/archiv-1942-43#mnc_805 YB Saison 1942/43 YB season 1942/43 BSC Young Boys AG de-ch 2024-11-16 NX Cantonal Neuchâtel SER Servette Daniel Reichmuth 2024 https://super-servette.ch/Doku/Resultate_Servette_1942-43.pdf Servette Rangliste 1942/43 Servette Ranking 1942/43 super-servette-ch fr 2024-11-16 GRE Grenchen STG St. Gallen BB Biel-Bienne YFZ Young Fellows Zürich ZÜR Zürich (red) dbFCZ 2023 https://www.dbfcz.ch/saison.php?saison_id=78 FCZ Rangliste Saison 1942/43 de-ch FCZ ranking season 1942/43 dbFCZ 2024-11-16 LUC Luzern BAS Basel Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024 https://www.fcb-archiv.ch/saison/rangliste?saison=1942/43 FCB Rangliste 1942/43 de-ch FCB Ranking 1942/43 Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" 2024-11-16 NOR Nordstern Basel 19 6 1 91 22 15 5 6 67 33 15 4 7 45 36 12 7 7 46 33 13 2 11 50 45 12 3 11 59 44 11 5 10 47 39 12 2 12 43 53 8 4 14 33 45 6 8 12 26 43 9 2 15 38 71 6 6 14 31 45 7 4 15 29 57 5 6 15 25 64 green1 Swiss Champions and Swiss Cup winners A red2 Relegated to 1943–44 1. Liga R yes yes 1) Points; 2) Goal difference within the league, however with play-off for qualifiers; complete rsssf.com Results main FBR grey BAS BB CAN GCZ GRE LS LUG LUZ NOR SER STG YB YFZ ZÜR Basel 2–1 2–3 0–2 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 Biel-Bienne 2–1 2–0 2–3 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–3 2–2 0–1 3–0 2–2 3–2 1–0 Cantonal Neuchâtel 3–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–4 2–1 0–3 3–1 1–1 0–3 3–2 3–1 3–2 Grasshopper Club 6–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 8–1 4–1 6–0 5–0 3–0 5–2 4–0 1–1 11–2 Grenchen 2–1 2–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–5 5–1 4–2 1–1 1–1 5–0 4–1 Lausanne-Sports 2–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 5–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 Luzern 0–3 1–1 1–3 1–1 4–4 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 4–0 Lugano 5–1 7–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 4–2 3–1 5–2 2–4 1–1 2–0 2–0 5–0 Nordstern 0–0 0–3 1–0 8–2 0–4 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 1–3 4–2 0–5 St. Gallen 3–2 1–2 2–4 2–6 1–3 3–3 1–0 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 Servette 9–1 5–0 1–4 1–3 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–3 3–0 0–1 2–3 0–0 4–0 Young Boys 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–4 3–1 2–0 4–0 0–0 2–0 6–0 4–3 1–1 0–2 Young Fellows 3–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–0 2–3 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–3 1–3 1–1 1–2 Zürich 2–1 0–2 1–7 0–2 1–2 2–1 4–3 0–4 1–1 2–3 2–5 3–1 0–1 complete RSSSF Topscorers Rank Player Nat. Goals Club1. Lauro Amadò SUI 31 Grasshopper Club2. Alessandro Frigerio SUI 23 Lugano 3. Willy Bernhard SUI 21 Young Boys4. Marc Perroud SUI 19 Servette5. Alfred Bickel SUI 17 Grasshopper Club 6. Fritz Knecht SUI 15 Cantonal Neuchâtel7. Josef Righetti SUI 13 Grenchen Roger Courtois SUI 13 Lausanne-Sport Walter Bosshard SUI 13 Zürich 10. Mario Fornara SUI 12 Lugano Hans-Peter Friedländer SUI 12 Grasshopper Club Further in Swiss football 1942–43 Swiss Cup 1942–43 Swiss 1. Liga References Sources Switzerland 1942–43 at RSSSF Nationalligaseasons inSwitzerland 1941–42 1943–44 Category:Swiss Football League seasons Swiss Category:1942–43 in Swiss football